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Monday... Remembering can have such an impact on our life.



Psalm 105:5 (NLT), "Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given."

Monday... Remembering can have such an impact on our life.

One of the great benefits of doing what I do five days a week is that I can always look back and remember. I have written three different blogs over 25 years so I can always go back and read what I had learned from reading the Bible and also one of them was thoughts from books that I was reading. One was Bill's Front Porch, another was Just Continue That Thought and then this one, Todays Beginning. I also have notebooks where I have put each chapter of the book of the Bible that I had read on that particular day. Today it says, Psalm 105, Proverbs 15 and 1 Peter 3. Yes, remembering can have such an impact on our life. I have found it to be true.


Now Psalm 105:5 (NLT), says something that is so very important. It says, "Remember the wonders he has performed, his miracles, and the rulings he has given." The Message says, "Remember the world of wonders he has made, his miracles, and the verdicts he has rendered." Yes, remembering can have such an impact on our life.

Verse 1 (NLT) says, "Give thanks to the Lord and proclaim his greatness. Let the whole world know what he has done." That is always a great way to start our day.

Thanks comes from remembering what God has done in your life yesterday and even right now. That really give us confidence. And then it makes such a difference in other's lives when we tell them what God has done in our life. It can definitely make a difference for them in what they are going through to know there is someone who has what it takes to handle what they are going through.

Verse 3 (AMP) says, "Glory in His holy name; let the hearts of those who seek and require the Lord [as their most essential need] rejoice." Remembering that the Lord is our most essential need is so important. He definitely is that. Remember what it was like when you didn't seek him, when he wasn't your most essential need, when you thought no matter what I am going through, I can handle it? But did you? Maybe that is why we are in the mess that we are in because we were striving to do it on our own.

He goes on, verses 4-5 says, "Seek and deeply long for the LORD and His strength [His power, His might]; Seek and deeply long for His face, and His presence continually. Remember [with awe and gratitude] the wonderful things which He has done, His amazing deeds and the judgements uttered by His mouth [on His enemies, as in Egypt]." And the writer goes on in Psalm 105 and remembers what happened to the children of Israel in and their escape from Egypt.

Yes, remembering can have such an impact on our life if we seek and deeply long for the Lord and His strength by remembering what He has done and the rulings He has given. I am so glad that I remember that I serve a God who has made and will make a difference in my life. Yes, yes! #todaysbeginning

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